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arresting all persons suspected of being implicated in the
recent disorders in Canton, and alre dy 300 have been taken into
custody. Some of them are being deported to Canton, while
others are being det-ined pending investigation.
assistance of detectives from Canton, 25 persons have been
identified as prominent Red le ders and their adherents.
are being extracited to Corton. On Tuesday (16th December) 14
girls and women, mostly of the bobbed hair type were executed,
city being shot down in the streets of Canton, without compunction
by the militr, authorities"
These
I understand from Sir Austen Chamberlain's stement in the
House of Commons in reply to a question by Mr. Trevelyan on
12th December 1926, that it is the settled policy of British
authorities in Ching that Chinese, by the mere fact of
residence in a British concession, should not be sheltered in
any way from the jurisdiction of their om authorities.
I further understand from his reply to Col. Jemes on ilth April, that any persons abusing the hospitality of a British concession to conspire against the Chinese authorities would
be arrested and handed over to the local authorities on
production of a warrant duly issued and countersigned.
I should therefore, be glau if you will inform me:- (1) whether, insofar as the question of extradition is
concerned, the same policy applies to Hong Kong as to the
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